Colonnata quarry, Apuane Alps, Carrara, Italy - A bright yellow sulfur crystal of 1x1 cm in size shows on the top of this marble specimen ! A very nice crystal, terminated. Rare to find such kind of crystals. Overall size is 7x4.5x3.5 cm.

Case Collina quarry, Pitigliano, Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy - An old timer since this quarry was closed more than 20 years ago. The specimen hosts a number of large and well exposed brown vesuvianite crystals up to the size of 1 cm ! The vesuvianites have also some tiny grossular crystals all around. The whole rock is a pyroclastic stone. Overall size is 8.7x5x5 cm. Weight is 245 gr.

GIUMENTARO MINE, ENNA, SICILY, Italy - A classic from Sicily sulfur mines. Giumentro was one of the most prolific for sulfura and for celestine crystals. This specimen hosts large celestine crystals up to 3 cm. The whole specimen is a cluster of crystals. Overall size is 8x5x4.5 cm.

Minas Gerais, Brazil - A very nice and esthetic specimen ! A quartz point, perfectly terminated hosts a couple of bright green elbaites that emerge from the quartz crystal. A third elbaite is completely frozen inside the quartz. Real nice and peculiar Brazilian specimen of 3.5x2.5x2.5 cm in size. Weight is 20 gr.

LA FACCIATA QUARRY, APUANE ALPS, CARRARA, ITALY - Classic specimen from Apuane Alps ! There is a biterminates quartz crystals of 0.9 cm in size ! There are some other 2-3  mm quartz crystals around a nd a lot of tiny dolomite crystals. Overall size is 6.5x6x5 cm.

Uchucchacua Mine, Lima Department, Peru - Semi lustrous sharp crystals to 1.5 cm in size across the top of this matrix with minor rhodochrosite. In very good condition and quite fine for the species. Overall size is 6.0 x 3.5 x 3.0 cm. Weight is 140 gr.

Trepča, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovo - A great real esthetic specimen with well defined bright arsenopyrite crystals surrounded by quartz crystals ! There are also some sphalerite enclosed and rhodochrosite. A real nice specimen rare to find ! Overall size is 3.8 × 3 × 2.3 cm. Weight is 25 gr

Sweetwater Mine, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds Co., Missouri, USA - Glassy yellow mostly gemmy prismatic, double terminated, crystals of calcite measuring to 5.3 cm in length set nicely upon matrix. One cleaved crystal termination at the extreme far right edge of the matrix, this away from the piece, as seen. The prominent crystal is in excellent condition. Measures 9.0 x 5.0 x 3.0 cm.

Alchuri, Shigar, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan - Bright deep green epidote crystals form a 4.2 cm long cluster ! The epidotes are wwell shaped and pristine ! Their size is 0.5-0.7 cm ! A well terminated dolomite stands on the epidotes. Nice specimen of 4.2x2x1 cm in size. Ex Ikram Mineralogy collection

Stak Nala, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan - An esthetic well terminated gemmy elbaite in combination with cleavelandite. The crystal is 2 cm long and it is perfectly terminated and shows a greeen color in the lower part that becomes lighter close to the top.  Great specimen of 2.1 × 1.9 × 1.1 cm.